classified

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
classified/ˈklasɪfʌɪd/

▶adjective

• 1 arranged in classes or categories.

  ■ (of newspaper or magazine advertisements) organized in categories according to what is being advertised.

  ■ Brit. (of a road) assigned to a category according to its importance within the overall system of road numbering.

• 2 (of information or documents) designated as officially secret.

▶noun (classifieds) classified advertisements.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
classify/ˈklasɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (classifies, classifying, classified)

• 1 arrange (a group) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.

  ■ assign to a particular class or category.

• 2 designate (documents or information) as officially secret.

– derivatives
classifiable adjective,
classifier noun.

– origin C18: back-form. from classification, from Fr., from classe ‘class’, from L. classis ‘division’.